Description provided to a college in particular (8)
I believe the answer is:
specific
'particular' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'description provided to a college' is the wordplay.
'description' becomes 'spec' (spec is a kind of description).
'provided' becomes 'if'.
'to a college' becomes 'ic' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'spec'+'if'+'ic'='SPECIFIC'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for specific that I've seen before include "Old medicine" , "Peculiar" , "Detailed" , "Precise, not vague" , "Precise, clearly defined" .)